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New Photos Show Kurt Cobain's Body - Death Scene Pics Published by Seattle P-I

By Staff

Apr 6, 2013

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain killed himself 19 years ago, using a shotgun to commit suicide in his Seattle, Washington home.

Cobain has been dubbed a voice of a generation and died at only 27 years of age.

The Nirvana frontman was found dead at his Lake Washington home in Seattle, on April 5, 1994, and now editors at local publication the Seattle Post-Intelligencer have marked his untimely passing by releasing previously unseen images of the pad on Friday.

The paper wrote they knew the release of the photos would create controversy.

The paper writes:

"Some similar images, including at least one frame showing part of Cobain's body, have been published elsewhere. And the P-I included pictures similar to these in its April 1994 coverage. That said, some of these photos could be disturbing to some readers. These are not presented for shock value, but rather as historical images from the P-I archive preserved at MOHAI."

Though the official cause of death has always been suicide, some have claimed a conspiracy in the tragic sudden end to the rocker's life.